Alan Eyre (diplomat)

The post was created as part of U.S. government efforts to communicate with the Iranian peoples.

[citation needed] He studied American literature at Dartmouth College and became interested in Sufi poetry, so he taught himself Persian.

He lived for a few years in Los Angeles and made friends in the city's large Iranian expatriate community.

[1] Eyre was the head of Iran office at the U.S. Consulate in Dubai, and is a fluent Persian speaker with Iranian proverbs and expressions.

[2] [3] Eyre was involved in the nuclear talks with Iran and participated in written framework agreement negotiation.